Wire-rope clamp.



B. M. MATHIAS.

WIRE ROPE CLAMP.

-APPLlcATloN FILED JULY 2s. Isls.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

BERT IVI. MATI-IIAS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

WIRE-ROPE CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1916.

Application led July 26, 1915. Serial No. 41,968.

To all whom t may concern.'

Bc it known that I, Beur M. Mari-rms, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county oi Hennepin and State o' liiinnesota, have invented nei7 and usetul Improvements in lVireRope Clamps, ot which the iol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to wire rope clamps or devices that are used tor clamping together 'two sections oi? wire rope in such fashion as to prevent either 'from moving longitiulinally with respect to the other.

The invention has ior its object to pro duce a simple and improved clamp comprisingl two swingingly connected clamp members, a tightening bolt by means ot' which the clamp vmembers may be made to exert a lever grip, and a partition member included between the clamp members, said partition member having a pocket Yfor the reception of the shank ot one oi" the clamp members.

lilith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature oi' the invention is bet-ter understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination ot parts which will be hereinafter iully de'scribed and iliarticularly pointed out in the claims.

la the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

lin` the drawings,-

Figure l is a plan view ot a clamp constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

Fig, S is a perspective view of the clamp.

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view Ot the connecting link which constitutes a part of the clamp.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The clamp members A-B have cavities 2S in the inner faces thereof, and said clamp members are each provided with a series oi out-turned hooks 29, said hooks being adapted for engagement with a specially constructed link 30, said link consisting of a rectangular frame having cross bars 3l that are adapted to occupy the interspaces between the hooks 29. The clamp member' B is formed with a wall portion having a flat and unobstructed outer 'face 82 against which the uut oi the connecting bolt 34: may be tightened. There is also employed a spacing member 35 interposed between the clznnping members and having concave cable engaging faces 3G on opposite sides thereof. he partition member is apertured at 37 for the passage ot the connecting bolt, and it is provided at one end with a socket 3S to receive the shank 39 o'l the clamp member A. said shank being apertured as shown 'l'or the passage of the connecting bolt. The shank 110 oilE the clamp member B has a bolt receiving slot 11. ln the drawing a plurality ot bolts has been shown, but it is obvious that in a clamp of similar dimensions a single bolt will prove suliicient, although any desired number may be used according to the dimensions of the device. The provision of the socket 38 to receive the shank 39 et the clamp member A enables the said clamp member and the spacing member 35 to be maintained in assembled relation with respect to one oi the ropes or objects that are to be connected, by means et' the bolt 341-, while the said parts are being assembled with the clamp member B and the link 30 with respect to the other rope or object, as will be readily understood by reterence to the drawings.

In the term olE the invention described and illustrated, the cables will be securely clamped without contacting with each other, thereby preventing mashing of the cables. lllhcn the parte` are assembled the partition member 35 will be readily guided to its proper location by the socket member 38 which engages the shank 39 of the clamp member A, and longitudinal movement of the clamp members with respect to one another or to the cables will be prevented by the link which is engaged by the hooks 29.

lt is obvious that While the improved device has been described as a rope clamp, it may be elfectively used -for the purpose of joining together sections oi rods or the like, as used in reinforcing concrete and `for other purposes,

Having thus described the invention, what is claimd as new, is

1. A device of the class described comprising two approximately semi-circular clamp members, means whereby said clamp members are connected together for swinging movement with respect to each other at one end thereof, and shanks extending from the other ends of the clampmembers, a bolt extending through the shanks and having a tightening nut, and a partition member interposed between the clamps and having concave faces on opposite sides, said partition member being also provided with an aperture for the, passage of the tightening bolt and with a socket portion to receiveV the shank of one 01"' the clamp members.

2. A clamping device of the class described comprising two clamp members each having at onerend a plurality of out-turned hooks and each having at the other end a shank, a link engaging the out-turned hooks to connect the clamp members, said iink being provided with cross bars engaging the interspaces between the hooks, and a tightening bolt extending through and connecting the shank members together.

3. A clamping device of the class de- Y scribed comprising two clamp members each having at one end a plurality of out-turned hooks and each having at the other end a shank, a link engaging the out-turned hooks to connect the clamp members, said links being provided with cross bars engaging the interspaces between the hooks, and a with a socket to engage the shank of one oi!- the clamp members.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERT M. MATHAS. Witnesses:

lvm: C. NELSON, MYRTLE HAvnN.

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Washington, D. C. 

